My dealer could get an allocation for 6 months, so I decided to pick up a unit in-transit. It was quite hard because there were only 5 manual SS 1LEs within a 500 mile radius of me.
3 weeks after calling dibs on an in-transit unit, lo and behold: my new SS 1LE in Sharkskin Silver.
Now I just need to phone my original dealer to get my deposit back.